Riley Gaines slams new Title IX protections as the 'most anti-woman' pursuit of the Biden administration
FOX NewsApr 19
House GOP Votes to Reverse Biden's Title IX Expansion
Above: US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) Image copyright: Chip Somodevilla/Staff/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Facts
The GOP-majority US House on Thursday passed along a party-line 210-205 vote a Congressional Review Act resolution reversing Biden admin. changes to Title IX — including the expansion of the definition of sex discrimination to include discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
Title IX was enacted in 1972 to prohibit sex-based discrimination in education facilities that receive federal funding. The US Dept. of Education in April revised the rules to include transgender students who aren't called by their preferred pronouns or have their access to school facilities limited.
The Spin
Republican narrative
Congressional Republicans have shown the American public which party stands for protecting women and which one doesn't. The Biden administration's wrongful expansion of Title IX is shameful and dangerous, especially to women athletes. Anyone who cares about defending women's rights, or just common sense, knows this resolution should be signed into law.
Democratic narrative
The Biden administration's new rules expanded Title IX to better protect members of the LGBTQ+ community from discrimination and to ensure cases of sexual assault and harassment are taken seriously. House Republicans are attempting to take the country back to the dangerous policies of the Trump administration, which left victims unsupported. Republicans should be ashamed.